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Publisher's Summary
Read by Lin-Manuel Miranda, the Tony Award®-winning creator and star of the musical Hamilton, and Tony Award®-winning actress, Karen Olivo. This brilliant narration adds another layer of lyricism and depth to this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic novel.
Things have never been easy for Oscar, a sweet but disastrously overweight, lovesick Dominican ghetto nerd. From his home in New Jersey, where he lives with his old-world mother and rebellious sister, Oscar dreams of becoming the Dominican J. R. R. Tolkien and, most of all, of finding love. But he may never get what he wants, thanks to the Fuku: the curse that has haunted Oscar's family for generations, dooming them to prison, torture, tragic accidents, and, above all, ill-starred love. Oscar, still waiting for his first kiss, is just its most recent victim.
Diaz immerses us in the tumultuous life of Oscar and the history of the family at large, rendering with genuine warmth and dazzling energy, humor, and insight the Dominican-American experience - and, ultimately, the endless human capacity to persevere in the face of heartbreak and loss. A true literary triumph, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao confirms Junot Diaz as one of the best and most exciting voices of our time.
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- Wanda O.Hughes
- 03-06-17
Poor Oscar
the story is compelling. At times I got a little confused because it jumps around a lot. But I was definitely sucked into the magical energy of the curse in the family. so well-read too. Definitely worth a listen.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
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- Alison
- 02-27-18
Lin-Manuel Miranda's performance is perfect
I rarely review here on Audible, but this performance was so stunningly brilliant that I needed to come here to share it.
A decent amount of Spanish, a high tolerance for profanity, and a strong background in sci-fi/fantasy are all potential prerequisites for this book. As a person with a deep love of sci-fi/fantasy, a passing familiarity with Spanish, possessed of an excellent variety of profanity, and having grown up in North Jersey (to the point where I can see many of the places referred to in my mind) and attending Rutgers in the early 90s, I could, in my mind, walk the halls of the dorms, eat in the cafeteria, navigate to the apartments and streets he described, and for a few hours, flash back to that entire portion of my own life. I can vouch for its 100% authenticity in the parts to which I relate.
But the performance... the performance is worth every single moment and more. I didn't listen to this book, I lived in it. I inhabited it. Miranda was spellbinding. He utterly owned this role and shared it with the world. I cannot speak highly enough of his narration (Karen Olivo was also excellent, but her appearance was fairly brief comparatively).
I don't know if this has won any Audies, but it is more deserving of one than any book I have listened to, ever. So highly recommended on so many levels, but *especially* for the narration.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful
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- Jennifer Winters
- 03-08-17
Beautiful and devastating
I loved every minute of this book. The story was raw and beautiful and I was hooked. Lin Manuel Miranda's reading was phenomenal.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
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- R. Padilla
- 02-03-17
Brought to life by Lin Manuel's performance
Lin Manuel's performance brings the story to life in a way only someone who has lived with characters like these can relate to. His pronunciation, accent, imitation of the expressions and sense for the culture are spot on. The story itself is interesting and engaging, with enough history to educate, character development to make one wonder and a lot of heart. Worth every moment of your listening pleasure.
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- Sushi
- 06-20-17
Disappointing
The story line keeps jumping around and it tells a while to follow. If you don't speak Spanish you miss a lot. It's a scathing history of the DR under Trujillo but it's depressing and frustrating as Oscar's life seems a big waste as does the book and a waste of Miranda's talent.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
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- Lynne Smith
- 04-18-17
Third time did it
I first came across this book when I attended a convention at which Diaz was the keynote speaker. I so thoroughly enjoyed the speech and I could not wait to start the book. However when I started it, for whatever reason at the time, I just wasn't getting into it. I downloaded an audible version a while back but didn't actually listen. So now the third time comes. Lin-Manuel Miranda and Karen Olivia have Done a remarkable job of narrating the complex story of Oscar Wao as we meet him and then learn of his family and it's past. So glad I finally finished it!
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
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- L. Carroll
- 01-20-17
A wondrous tale
I would never read/listened this book if I hadn't heard about the Lin-Manuel Miranda audiobook. I'm glad I stumbled onto it through Lin-Manuel Miranda. This is an interesting story and well written. I love the humor of the writing even though the story is at times quite dark. I have to admit my Spanish is not good enough for this book but the performance did relay a lot. My only complaint about this is something that may not be as bad if you actually read the physical book. At times I found it difficult to determine the narrator of the story. I will have to investigate this author further.
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- Cesar Garcia
- 02-19-18
amazing narration
Miranda's narration made the book one of the best. I would buy another audio book narrated by Miranda.
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- plastic history
- 01-31-18
Fantastic and really delivers
The quote on the front cover really domes it up better than I could, I just want to sencond it. But be warned: this book tears you open.
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- Acheteur
- 09-16-17
Disturbing
What made the experience of listening to The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao the most enjoyable?
"Disturbing" is how I would describe this book in one word. The story and the numerous characters are very different, yet connected. I felt the author was jumping too much from a character to another, which made it hard to follow who he was talking about some times.
Disturbing, was also the voice of the narrator ... screaming - even when not cursing. The women's voice was OK but I didn't understan why there were two narrators anyway.
Yet, I decided to continue this book to the end. I was sad, sometimes disgusted and most of the time ... disturbed. But this book had a particularity to catch me and want to finish it, which is why I'm giving it 4 stars.
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